Variability and trend in the hydrology of the Yangtze River, China: Annual precipitation and runoff

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 513, Issue , 2014, Pages 403-412

  Chen, Jing ^a   Wu, Xiaodan ^b   Finlayson, Brian L ^c   Webber, Michael ^c   Wei, Taoyuan ^a   Li, Maotian ^a   Chen, Zhongyuan ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual precipitation; Annual runoff; Annual temperature; Runoff and precipitation variability; Trend analysis; Yangtze river

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ANNUAL RUNOFF; ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; TREND ANALYSIS; YANGTZE RIVER;

RUNOFF;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER STORAGE; WATER YIELD;

CHINA; DATONG; HUBEI; SHANXI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER; YICHANG;

EID: 84899087536     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.044     Document Type: Article

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